Configuration & Release Manager

Date Posted:

2026-03-09

Country:

United Kingdom

Location:

Warminster, Wiltshire

Position Role Type:

Hybrid

About us:
At OMNIA® Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world.

OMNIA are redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. We are backed by British innovation and powered by world-class experts, like you. OMNIA is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

The role:
This is more than a job — it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where we expect everyone to live the values and standards of the British Army. Every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering OMNIA’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training so the British Army is ready to fight and win.

You’ll work in a matrix organisation and report operationally through OMNIA Training and functionally through the OMNIA Chief Engineer. Ultimately, you’ll work for the British Army, championing innovation, and helping shape the future of military collective training.

Key Responsibilities:

• Technical leadership of all Configuration Management (CM) processes on the project to ensure CM compliance. This includes the configuration planning, identification, control, status accounting and auditing for development and in-service systems/services.

• Lead programme start-up and change activities including tailoring, estimating effort, establishing configuration processes, tool set selection, establishing data management repositories and regular governance and execution meetings. 

• Define and lead application of release management, including establishing release management activities and toolsets, ensuring release requirements are defined and met, generating baselines, managing internal and external stakeholders.

• Drive continuous improvement and process simplification across the programme in conjunction with the profession lead.

• Work closely with development, quality assurance, ITEA and operations teams to ensure smooth transition from development to in-service environments.

• Identify potential risks that could impact release schedules and implement strategies to mitigate these risks.

• Maintain comprehensive documentation of release processes, configuration items, and changes to ensure compliance with established standards and procedures.

• Lead a team of release engineers, ensuring work is delivered on time and to budget.

• Be ‘Responsible for championing and fostering a culture of Environmental, Health, and Safety (EHS) compliance and continuous improvement’.

• Any other duties required to meet the needs of the programme.

 

Who we are looking for:

We’re after individuals who want to serve. You’ll have a mission focus, and the enthusiasm and drive to ‘get things done’. You’ll want to work in collaboration with other defence training organisations, and the British Army. You won’t let bureaucracy get in the way of what needs to be done, you’ll learn lessons and share these lessons across the team. You won’t necessarily have a military background, but you’ll understand what it means to serve and to put the mission first.

The OMNIA Training Configuration & Release Manager will be responsible for the Configuration Management and Release Management for the Army Collective Training Service (ACTS). Responsible to the OMNIA Chief Engineer, this position requires exceptional knowledge and experience across configuration and release management disciplines to maintain effective and accurate control during the development and transition into service phases.

This role requires a systems-thinking mindset, strong stakeholder engagement skills, and the ability work in a multidisciplinary engineering team in a complex and evolving environment.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• An engineering background, educated to degree level or with equivalent previous related experience.

• Proven knowledge and experience in release management, configuration management, or a related role with strong understanding of development lifecycles.

• Detailed working knowledge of Def Stan 05-57 or equivalent

• A working knowledge of CMMI and ISO 9000 requirements

• Familiarity with tailored process creation and introduction using current CM methodology, establishing guidelines and rules for all functions/levels and the introduction of suitable toolsets to enable successful configuration management.

• Relevant certifications in but not limited to ITIL, PMP or Agile methodologies.

• Familiarity with configuration management tools: GitHub, Argo, QUAY, WindChill.

• Experience in a leadership role within complex, multi-disciplinary programmes.

• A high level of competency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

Desirable Skills and Experience:

• Experience in complex solutions for large government organisations or private corporations using a diverse engineering and technology team.

• Well-developed planning and organisational abilities.

• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills.

• Knowledge of defence or public sector engineering standards and regulatory frameworks.

• Experience in training transformation or learning platforms.

• SAFe and ITIL4 certified.

• Familiarity or experience with ISO 15288 – Systems and Software Engineering

• Security cleared or ability to obtain (SC or above).

What we offer

A Culture Built on Collaboration
Work in an inclusive, high-performing team that celebrates ideas, supports growth, and is laser-focused on delivering results. Team dynamics
You will be part of a team that works together, across multiple organisations united in one mission.  Work Across Borders, United in Purpose
Operate across organisations with one shared goal - improving capability across all domains.

Drive Innovation
Your voice matters. We champion new ideas, welcome change, and believe in continuous improvement with a growth mind-set.

Shape the Future
Play a crucial role in a long-term, future-facing programme with real-world impact on national defence.

Career Growth & Benefits
Enjoy a strong benefits package, ongoing development opportunities, and clear pathways to progress within a trusted defence industry partner. 

Benefits and Work Culture

Benefits

• Competitive salaries.
• 25 days holiday + statutory public holidays, plus opportunity to buy and sell up to 5 days (37hr)
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution)
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• 6 times salary ‘Life Assurance’ with pension.
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice schemes, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work amongst others.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity & shared parental leave.
• Car / Car allowance (dependant on grade/ role)
• Private Medical Insurance (dependant on grade)

Work Culture

• 37hr working week, although hours may vary depending on role, job requirement or site-specific arrangements.
• Early 1.30pm finish Friday, start your weekend early!
• Remote, hybrid and site based working opportunities, dependant on your needs and the requirements of the role.
• A grownup flexible working culture that is output, not time spent at desk, focussed. More formal flexible working arrangements can also be requested and assessed subject to the role. Please enquire or highlight any request to our Talent Acquisition team to explore the flexible working possibilities.
• Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year.

RTX

Raytheon UK is a landed company and part of the wider RTX organisation. Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, USA, but with over 180,000 employees globally across every continent, RTX provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide and comprises three industry-leading businesses – Collins Aerospace Systems, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon.

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